The firm

Specialised expertise organised around each assignment.

LIMANS Consulting & Advisory provides bilingual advisory capacity rooted in Niger and deployable across West Africa, the Sahel, Central Africa and remotely.

The firm

LIMANS Consulting & Advisory

The firm works on project design, MEAL systems, evaluation, accountability, data quality and performance. Its agile structure allows the team to be sized to the mandate without adding unnecessary coordination layers.

Delivery

A clear delivery model

The founder leads scoping and technical direction. Associate expertise is proposed according to the sector, country and methods required. Roles, contributions and validation points are agreed with the client from the outset.

Founder and Lead Expert

Moustapha Ali Liman

A specialist in planning, monitoring, evaluation, accountability, learning and results-based management, he has more than twenty years of experience with UN agencies, international NGOs, multi-country programmes and public institutions. His career combines MEAL unit leadership, systems design, evaluation, data quality, training and decision support.

His direct postings span Niger, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Afghanistan and Canada. He works in French and English, as well as Hausa and Zarma where relevant.

Education

Graduate Diploma in Programme Evaluation (ENAP, Université du Québec) · Master’s in Economics and Rural Sociology with distinction (Université de Liège) · Bachelor’s in Agriculture (University of Ibadan).

Certification

FAO-certified MEAL trainer following a regional training of trainers in Accra in October 2024; designated trainer for Niger.

Standards

OECD-DAC criteria, UNEG norms, RBM and international donor requirements.

Tools

KoBoToolbox, ODK, Power BI, Tableau, R, STATA, SPSS, MAXQDA and advanced Excel.

Accessible evidence

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Public documents are available below. Additional certificates, attestations and references can be provided as relevant and subject to applicable confidentiality requirements.

Professional profile

The founder’s track record and professional network.

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Selected track record

Representative responsibilities.

This selection conveys the scale and breadth of the career without reproducing a full CV on the website.

20+years of experience
5countries of direct posting
10+countries reached through multi-country programmes
30+partner organisations supported

FAO · Niger

Leadership of the MEAL Unit: around 30 projects a year, a portfolio of approximately USD 50M and 39 implementing partners.

FAO and global Food Security Cluster · South Sudan

Lead role in a participatory review of five HDP Nexus initiatives and production of a learning publication.

Cuso International · multi-country programme

MEAL and knowledge-management support to a Global Affairs Canada-funded programme spanning ten countries.

FAO · South Kivu, DRC

Monitoring tools, post-distribution surveys, rapid assessments and strengthened accountability.

FAO / USAID PVC-W · Afghanistan

MEAL leadership for a USD 19M programme, DQAs across ten indicators and training of around 60 people.

Niger, DRC, Canada and regional programmes

Responsibilities with IRC, Oxfam-Québec, Crossroads International and Government of Niger / World Bank programmes.

Figures describe the programmes and portfolios concerned; they are not amounts personally managed. Assignments predating LIMANS are presented as the founder’s experience, not as contracts delivered by the firm.

Assignment commitments

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Senior direction

Scoping, technical direction and deliverable validation remain at senior level.

02

Transparency

Team composition, roles and validation points are agreed at the outset.

03

Confidentiality

Data are protected contractually and references shared only within available permissions.

04

Usability

Deliverables are tested, explained and supported by the transfer required for practical use.

Exploratory call

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